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Fanzines by Teal Triggs (2010)

Fanzines is a book by Teal Trigg published in the UK in 2010.

Fanzines features 750 illustrations and covers the history of zines from their inception as science fiction fan publications of the 1930s, to comic fanzines of the 1950s and 60s, and their role in defining the 1970s punk scene, as well as the Riot Grrrl scene of the 1990s.

Teal Triggs is a fanzine collector and is Professor of Graphic Design and Co-Director of the research unit for Information Environments at the University of the Arts London. Her other publications include The Typographic Experiment: Radical Innovation in Contemporary Type Design, Below Critical Radar: Fanzines and Alternative Comics From 1976 to Now and Communicating Design: Essays in Visual Communication.